CVE-2017-5357
N/A
Published: February 16, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraEd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
regex.c in GNU ed before 1.14.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed command, which triggers an invalid free.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/7Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/3VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95422Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZVH54XNZ77ICNBJTPI2DLJYQTA3SYSFC/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2017-01/msg00000.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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